'B Part of It' School Leaver study: a repeat cross-sectional study to assess the impact of increasing coverage with meningococcal B (4CMenB) vaccine on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis.
Mark McMillanAnn P KoehlerAndrew LawrenceThomas R SullivanJana BednarzJenny M MacLennanMartin C J MaidenShamez N LadhaniMary E RamsayCaroline TrotterRay BorrowAdam FinnCharlene M KahlerJane WhelanKumaran VadiveluPeter C RichmondHelen S MarshallPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2021)
Increased 4CMenB uptake in adolescents was not associated with a decline in carriage of disease-associated meningococci. 4CMenB immunisation programs should focus on direct (individual) protection for groups at greatest risk of disease.